The Dillon tribune., 1887-12-09
ROOMS FOR BACHELORS.
MEN IN SINGLE eLEssEpNEss WIN
DO THEIR OWN Aousewoek

DO THEIR OWN HousEWoex.
Light Housekeeping Where Women A..
Exclndet(-lscportcrs. Actors. Mechanic.
and Clerks Who Cook Their Own M..,.
A Peep AT the Rooms.
AN advertisement in a hte pa,cr, Offer
ing FURNISHED rooms for housekeeninu for
gentlemen only, was the cause ot merr;.
lnent at q fashionable uptown boari1ino
mouse. The advertisement was cred;ten
with being a typographical blundcr. but
the SAD eyed actor who was waiting for a
oate that never came put all doubts Mt
rest ny affirming that the advertisement,
meant Just what it said.
Inere is more than one house in Nev
York, nc ss,id: ''where single men rent
rooms and do their own housekeeping.
cooking, making beds. sweeping, and So
on, ana nice life it is it man is built
thaC way. AM proud tn say that while
! was down OH my luck | occupied an
alcoNe room in this house mentioned in
the advertisement. !paid $3 a week and
ilved Tor :: more. a legacy left to me
ny my aunt has put higher living in my
power, and L left my bachelor room with
regret. The life was pleasant, and after
became Il bit expert at cooking assure
you that cooked many a dainty with oll
the skill Of IL French chef.''
The writer visited the house where the
furnished rooms for housekeeping for GER,
tlenen were located. The ring at the bell
was answered by a tidy Irish girl. who
said that they had one room vacant. The
landlady was summoned and showed the
reporter up two flights to back room.
''Thls is to rent with all the neccssaries
Tor light housekeeping. \ closet in the
nall is the place for Your coal ana Your
green groceries and an ice box for your
meat. The price is - per week.
HOME CoNNE>lFNCEs.
The room was about fourteen feet
square. It contained Il folding bed. Il
cheap chitfOnnierc, on which were two tea
cups and saucers Of fanciful pattern. In
the different compartments were other
dishes OF stoneware and glass. \ cup
board stood at the right If the lnantcl. in
which were two tahlcclo,hs. four napkins.
quilt and woolt'n blanket. and in II
lower compartment an iron pot Il spider
and two stew pans. The stove was - No.
y, with two covers and WAS polished
brightly. \ wardrobe. sofa. easy chair,
two dining chairs and Il round table were
placed about the room in convenient posi-
tions.
'lou don't rent rooms to womcn:'' re-
marked the reporter
''No, indeed: doni wan, any women
about my house. They are more trouble
than they arc worth. fused to rent rooms
to women, but they found fault with
everything. They washed their clothes in
the bathroom and invaded the kitchen at
all times in the day 10 borrow 1iatirons
l have Il houscful OF gentlemen who cook,
eat and sleep here. and ] never hear q
word of complaint and seldom see them,
only when they pay their rent
''What class o. men do you have"
II have with ME now reporter. un
actor, street car conductor, a florist, an
engineer OH the Elevated railroad. book
keeper, two clerks who cook together, and
a policeman.
At this point the lady WAS informed of
the object of the reporters visit, and she
sat down to enlighten him further
II am an English woman,'' she said,
''and kept lodgings in London before COM
ing to New York. There il is !, common
thing for men to do their own ho,,sel1acp-
ing. l came to New York as waiting
maid to an English actress. Liking the
city l concluded to stop here, and con-
ceived the idea OF renting rooms to gentle
men only. At first / did not meet with
success. but now l can rent all OF my
rooms. ! pay 300 month for this
house. have eight rooms that bring me
in $40. There is $40 profit on my rent.
Then / ..ct my living from my roo,ners.
You see, it's this way. \ woman nine
times out of ten will throw away her
waste. but a man won't My rooms give
me more than can cat---a bunch Of cel-
cry and other green stuff, niea. and fruit
that W.. spoil. and OF whc!, they had
purchased too much. My :crv@lot girl
costs me SO a month only, but sh" doesn't
do anything but laundry work and my
cooking. My roomnr> make their owl.
beds, and very handy they are az II.
THROUGH The ROOMS.
The lady then took til" reporter t|rou-s
the house. Only one room 'viti uutiuy,
and that was the actor >. Clay pipes aud
tobacco were scattered over The lnantel;
shoes slippers and clauhin.; were thrown
abou, the room. while "a the he'd, .-oTcEly
made nu was !, pill" IT manuscript ard
books
''I,lis man is an actor of Gno'i purts,'
explained the lady, but hr il; s,"Hchy
about his room. Quite ditlecen, is tho
next room that is occupied by tilc cnsi-
neer."
This room was ncatness peiannlf.cd.
The bed was as smooth as could be. tiic
floor was swept clean, and IL" tin pans
were as bright us he hrasses on his engine
probably were. \ small library VAS srls-
pended OH Il shelf containing books on
railroading dictionary and Shakespeare.
Other rooms visited showed the same
neatness, but each had some character
istic of the occupant by way OF ornament.
The policeman had two clubs crossed over
his nantel with pair of boxing gloves
between them. The clerks room was